Excerpt from The House of the Secret

Maeve looked at the young man whom the Colonel had addressed, briskly, as though the sight of him was cheerful. He was a big fellow with chestnut hair, a freckled face and honest eyes. He was quite carelessly dressed in country homespuns, but for all that he had a clean, well-groomed air, and something about him, perhaps the faintest suggestion of a bowing at the knees, told of one who was constantly in the saddle.

Up for your exam., eh i went on the Colonel. But what are you down here for? Come to meet someone You oughtn't to fritter away your time like that, Godfrey. That's not the way to get through, and you've only another chance.

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